Wildfire, Wallowa County
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 17, 1:50 PM PST
- Where
- Wallowa County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 45.445, -117.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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Wildfire in Oregon, September 1 to 17, 2014
A fire started just south of the town of Imnaha Oregon on August 3rd. The cause of the wildfire is unknown.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
A fire started just south of the town of Imnaha Oregon on August 3rd. The cause of the wildfire is unknown. The 5 Mile Fire, located 20 miles northeast of Enterprise in the Imnaha River drainage, is currently over 4,000 acres in size, burning in steep terrain in grass and timber. It is located approximately 2 miles south of the town of Imnaha between the Imnaha River to the west, Hat Point Road to the East, High Camp Creek to the North, and Rippleton Creek to the South. The fire spread to 4,524 acres and was 95% contained as of September 17th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 9:15 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 9:15 PM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1015 PM PDT SUN AUG 31 2014 .UPDATE...NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WITH A FEW MID AND HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH...BUT OVERALL MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. WINDS ARE STARTING TO DECREASE WITH THE FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. NO UPDATES. ML && .PREV DISC... /ISSUED 220 PM PDT SUN AUG 31 2014/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED CUMULUS OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY DUE TO COLDER AIRMASS ALOFT. EXPECT THIS TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. MAINLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH COOL TEMPERATURES. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S MOST LOCATIONS. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES MONDAY. HEIGHTS ARE BUILDING WITH SOME AIRMASS WARMING SO HIGHS SHOULD BE UP 3-7 DEGREES FROM TODAY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. ON TUESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN BC INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. LOOKS TO BE A FAIRLY DRY SYSTEM WITH PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER CONDITIONS. 94 LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE DEPARTING THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO PUSH INTO THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD PROVIDING A WARMING AND DRY FORECAST INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AVIATION...06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT AND THEN INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KTS MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 49 79 50 78 / 10 0 0 0 ALW 53 79 55 78 / 10 0 0 0 PSC 48 82 53 80 / 10 0 0 0 YKM 45 79 51 76 / 10 0 0 0 HRI 47 82 51 80 / 10 0 0 0 ELN 49 78 52 72 / 10 10 0 10 RDM 39 78 41 78 / 0 0 0 0 LGD 46 76 45 77 / 10 0 0 0 GCD 44 78 46 81 / 10 0 0 0 DLS 53 81 55 76 / 10 10 0 10 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 93/91/91
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, September 1, 2014
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 1, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 1 to 3, 2014
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 1, 2014
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 1, 2014
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 1, 2014
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Iowa, September 1 to 2, 2014
- Drought in Oklahoma, September 1 to 30, 2014
- Flooding in Iowa, September 1 to 2, 2014
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 2014
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 536196.